Dhu al-Hijjah
E27510
Dhu al-Hijjah is the twelfth and final month of the Islamic lunar calendar, known for encompassing the major pilgrimage rites and the festival of Eid al-Adha.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dhu al-Hijjah canonical | 16 |
| Dhul Hijjah | 3 |
| Dhu al-Hijja | 1 |
| Dhul-Hijja | 1 |
| Dhul-Hijjah | 1 |
| Zul-Hijjah | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T212934 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dhu al-Hijjah Context triple: [Hajj, performedInMonth, Dhu al-Hijjah]
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A.
Eid al-Adha
Eid al-Adha is an important Islamic festival commemorating Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son, marked by special prayers, charity, and the ritual sacrifice of animals.
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B.
Eid al-Fitr
Eid al-Fitr is a major Islamic festival that marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan with communal prayers, feasting, charity, and celebration.
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C.
Al-Ahad
Al-Ahad is an Islamic divine name of Allah emphasizing His absolute oneness and uniqueness without any partner or equal.
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D.
Nisan
Nisan is the first month of the Hebrew religious year, traditionally associated with spring and the festival of Passover.
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E.
Tammuz
Tammuz is the fourth month of the Hebrew religious calendar, traditionally falling in early summer and associated with historical fasts and mourning in Jewish tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dhu al-Hijjah Target entity description: Dhu al-Hijjah is the twelfth and final month of the Islamic lunar calendar, known for encompassing the major pilgrimage rites and the festival of Eid al-Adha.
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A.
Eid al-Adha
Eid al-Adha is an important Islamic festival commemorating Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son, marked by special prayers, charity, and the ritual sacrifice of animals.
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B.
Eid al-Fitr
Eid al-Fitr is a major Islamic festival that marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan with communal prayers, feasting, charity, and celebration.
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C.
Al-Ahad
Al-Ahad is an Islamic divine name of Allah emphasizing His absolute oneness and uniqueness without any partner or equal.
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D.
Nisan
Nisan is the first month of the Hebrew religious year, traditionally associated with spring and the festival of Passover.
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E.
Tammuz
Tammuz is the fourth month of the Hebrew religious calendar, traditionally falling in early summer and associated with historical fasts and mourning in Jewish tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lunar month
ⓘ
month of the Islamic calendar ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Dhu al-Hijjah
ⓘ
surface form:
Dhu al-Hijja
Dhu al-Hijjah ⓘ
surface form:
Dhul-Hijja
Dhu al-Hijjah ⓘ
surface form:
Dhul-Hijjah
Dhu al-Hijjah ⓘ
surface form:
Zul-Hijjah
|
| associatedWith |
Eid al-Adha
ⓘ
Hajj ⓘ |
| calendarSystem | Hijri calendar ⓘ |
| calendarType | lunar ⓘ |
| containsDay |
Day of Arafah
ⓘ
Eid al-Adha ⓘ Eid al-Adha ⓘ
surface form:
Tashriq days
|
| containsRite | major pilgrimage rites of Hajj ⓘ |
| DayOfArafahDate | 9 Dhu al-Hijjah ⓘ |
| EidAlAdhaDate | 10 Dhu al-Hijjah ⓘ |
| fastingRecommendedOn | 9 Dhu al-Hijjah for non-pilgrims ⓘ |
| follows | Dhu al-Qadah ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Hajj in Islam
ⓘ
Islamic months ⓘ |
| hasFirstTenDaysVirtue | highly meritorious for worship in Islam ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfDays | 29 or 30 ⓘ |
| hasPilgrimageLocation |
Arafat
ⓘ
Mecca ⓘ Mina ⓘ Muzdalifah ⓘ |
| hasSacredStatus | yes ⓘ |
| importantFor |
Muslim pilgrimage obligations
ⓘ
charitable giving ⓘ ritual animal sacrifice ⓘ |
| isOneOf | four sacred months in Islam ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Arabic ⓘ |
| linkedToPillarOfIslam | Hajj ⓘ |
| literalMeaning | Possessor of the pilgrimage ⓘ |
| observedBy | Muslims worldwide ⓘ |
| occursEvery | 12 months in the Hijri cycle ⓘ |
| partOf | Islamic lunar calendar ⓘ |
| positionInCalendar | 12 ⓘ |
| precedes | Muharram ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| significanceInIslam |
month of Eid al-Adha
ⓘ
month of Hajj ⓘ |
| TashriqDaysDates |
11 Dhu al-Hijjah
ⓘ
12 Dhu al-Hijjah ⓘ 13 Dhu al-Hijjah ⓘ |
| timekeepingBasis | phases of the Moon ⓘ |
| usedFor | dating Islamic events and contracts ⓘ |
| usedIn | Islamic religious observances ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Dhu al-Hijjah Description of subject: Dhu al-Hijjah is the twelfth and final month of the Islamic lunar calendar, known for encompassing the major pilgrimage rites and the festival of Eid al-Adha.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Hajj
this entity surface form:
Dhul-Hijjah
this entity surface form:
Dhu al-Hijja
this entity surface form:
Dhul-Hijja
this entity surface form:
Zul-Hijjah
this entity surface form:
Dhul Hijjah
subject surface form:
Hajj
this entity surface form:
Dhul Hijjah
this entity surface form:
Dhul Hijjah